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FZPN03 KNHC 230904
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC THU DEC 23 2010

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES
MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE

E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC THU DEC 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI DEC 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT DEC 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT 31N113W TO 22N128W. FROM 10N TO 14N W OF 130W NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 07N W OF 114W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 29N120W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT E OF AREA....RIDGE 30N122W TO 
22N140W. NW OF RIDGE SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 07N W OF 114W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N135W TO 26N140W. NW OF FRONT NW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 26N WITHIN 420 
NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. FROM 07N TO 
22N W OF 112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN 
NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 30N130W TO 19N140W. N OF 24N W OF 
FRONT NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. N 
OF 25N WITHIN 360 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
13 FT. FROM 07N TO 20N W OF 112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.S OF 07N W OF 118W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
PRIMARILY IN SE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07N W OF 120W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND SE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07N W OF 125W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN MIXED NW AND SE SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 30N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.WITHIN 90 NM LINE 16N94.5W TO 14N96W INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 09N TO 12N INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO NE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.N OF 05N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0900 UTC THU DEC 23...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF 18N119W.
  
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS 03N77W TO EMBEDDED LOW PRES 
AT 07N101W TO 10N131W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE 08N96W TO 07N105W AND WITHIN 15 NM 
OF 10N133W.  

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.